Socialists in freefall as French voters turn their backs
The days when the party of Mitterrand and Hollande was a player in presidential politics feel like a distant memory.
At midday, on Sunday a pale-looking Socialist Party candidate appeared on BFM, the French rolling news channel, in its main political interview slot. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, wanted to talk about her presidential election manifesto, which includes a 15 percent rise in the minimum wage, a cut in the voting age to 16, and a move towards 100 percent renewable energy.
Instead, she spent the first 20 minutes fielding questions about why she was standing at all.
The days when the party of Mitterrand and Hollande was a player in presidential politics feel like a distant memory.
At midday, on Sunday a pale-looking Socialist Party candidate appeared on BFM, the French rolling news channel, in its main political interview slot. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, wanted to talk about her presidential election manifesto, which includes a 15 percent rise in the minimum wage, a cut in the voting age to 16, and a move towards 100 percent renewable energy.
Instead, she spent the first 20 minutes fielding questions about why she was standing at all.
Socialists in freefall as French voters turn their backs
The days when the party of Mitterrand and Hollande was a player in presidential politics feel like a distant memory.
At midday, on Sunday a pale-looking Socialist Party candidate appeared on BFM, the French rolling news channel, in its main political interview slot. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, wanted to talk about her presidential election manifesto, which includes a 15 percent rise in the minimum wage, a cut in the voting age to 16, and a move towards 100 percent renewable energy.
Instead, she spent the first 20 minutes fielding questions about why she was standing at all.
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